Plymouth man sentenced for inappropriate touching

COURTHOUSE — A Plymouth man was sentenced to serve consecutive weekends in prison for the next three to 23 months on Thursday after pleading to one count of endangering the welfare of a child in January.

Common pleas Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy also sentenced Francis Bottorff, 79, of the 3000 block of Arrow Head Lane, to serve five years on probation after he is paroled from prison. Bottorff is also court ordered to stay away from any children under the age of 16 and is also not to have any contact with the victim or her family.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, on Dec. 15, 2011 a detective from the Montgomery County Detective Bureau took a report from the victim who was 18 years old at the time of the interview. The victim told investigators that from the time she was 10 to 14 years old Bottorff inappropriately touched her in the hot tub of his home.

The affidavit of probable cause states that in a conversation between the victim and Bottorff, Bottorff stated he remembered “playing games” and “touching her inappropriately” and that his hands “roamed” over her body. He told her he was sorry if he upset her by his actions.